The discovery of enzymatic photoreactivation and the question of priority: The letters of Salvador Luria and Albert Kelner

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-13

  Friedberg, Errol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albert Kelner; DNA repair; History of science; Photoreactivation; Salvador Luria; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; LETHALITY; PHOTOREACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LURIA;

EID: 0032717346     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)80033-9     Document Type: Article

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